Europeans Have More Free Time

Why do Europeans have more free time than Americans, yet have the same productivity? Well Americans end up with more money so that's one tradeoff, but it wasn't always this way.

Startups Can Be Like School

If you're running a startup, then you might benefit from running your startup like a grade school. If not, then you can chuckle at some of these suggestions.

Is There Money in Investment Banking?

Goldman Sachs has 22,000 employees and need to distribute $11 Billion in profits among them as bonus. How will Goldman Sachs distribute the money? Evenly it works out to half a million each.

Tips for Random Health Things

Here are 18 tips for common health ailments that will help you solve them. The only problem with these are that they are so weird that I'm not sure they actually work, and I can't remember them to actually try out.

Is God An Accident?

The Atlantic has an article this month that discusses whether humans believe in God due to a variety of psychological reasons (probably reprinted here without permission). It is an interesting read and well written however, like most Atlantic stuff it is very long.

Einstein's Brain

So Einstein was cremated, except for his brain. What happened to it? It was donated to science. What interesting things do you think they found from Einstein's brain?

Simple is Best

A profile on a now 75 year old diamond thief who stole rings rather simply. She walked out the door when the sales clerk forgot about the ring on her finger.

Folding a Piece of Paper

A high school student taking an extra credit math course has solved the age old problem of figuring out how to fold a piece of paper more than 8 times. She was able to fold the paper 12 times!

Avoid Text Messaging for Criminal Activity

Two teen sisters in Brampton are getting charged for murdering their alcoholic mother. Why is this interersting? well their text messages are being used to convict them. Remember, the electronic medium is not necessarily private.

Effectiveness of Aluminum Foil Hats

Researchers at MIT have performed a study on the effectiveness of various types of aluminum foil hats, most populary known to protect the wearers against alien devices. They've concluded that the trend of wearing these hats is a conspirarcy that has most likely been started by the government.

Japanese Kids are Chimpanzees

A Japanese researcher has found that due to advances in technology, Japanese kids are acting increasingly like chimpanzees in the wild. They also say that communication within the family is breaking down due to this.

Designer Jeans Market

What's this about a designer jeans market with jeans going for over $1k? I can't really imagine paying that much money for a pair of jeans. That's like the price of a computer??

Quickly Lookup Domain Availability

If you're trying to brainstorm for domain names to register, the most annoying thing is that you have to spend time checking every idea. So instead of doing that, try out this tool that lets you interactively look up .com and .net availability. I guess it uses some AJAX in the backend or something.

Thinking of a Domain Name

If you ever come across a great deal for domain names and get stuck trying to think of a cool one to register (that you haven't registered already), then this page of links is a good starting point to get that brain cranking for interesting domain names.

Japan's Ikea

Muji is a chain of stores in Japan, Europe and soon the US which relies on its strong design and the fact that it doesn't have a brand. Except their brand is that they don't have a brand. I would say they're like the Ikea of Japan perhaps?

The Life of a Restaurant Critic

The life of a restaurant critic is basically, get paid to eat out. Good job eh? one would think but how do they not get obese? An interview with the restaurant critic of the Boston Globe sheds light on that question.

Textbooks Are A Rip Off

The New Yorker looks at the shady practices of text book publishers to make considerable money on textbooks and how students are fighting back by ordering them internationally or buying used.